The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 12.180.3

12.180.3

bharadvāja uvāca |
agneryathā tathā tasya yadi nāśo na vidyate |
indhanasyopayogānte sa cāgnirnopalabhyate || 3 ||

"Bharadwaja said, 'If there is no destruction of the living creature like that of fire, I submit, fire itself is not seen after consumption of the fuel (that ignited it). When the supply of fuel is stopped, the fire becomes extinguished, and, as far as I know, becomes annihilated. That should surely be regarded to have met with destruction which has no longer any action, which furnishes no proof of its existence, and which no longer occupies any space.'